The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-29
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

A drop of kerosene or sweet OIL little cand g
tallow, or slight application of soap. will stop
the squeak of door hinges or chairs.
Although it is well to have a supply of sweet
herbs kept separately, bottle ready mixed
should also be prepared, they much
trouble and can always be used when called for
by the general term sweet herbs. These usually
consist of equal parts of lemon, thyme, mario
ram and savory. and two parts parsley dried by
heat. Sun-dried parsley is tasteless.
An appetizing entree is made by taking cold
boiled cabbage, chopping fine enough to fill a
medium-siZed pudding dish, adding two we'll
beaten eggs, tablespoonful of butter, three
libitum. Butter the pudding dish. put the cab
bage in and bake until brown. This may be
eaten cold but it is much better served hot.
1t 10 especially good with pork or mutton chops.
When your cane-seat chairs begin to wear out.
mend the break the best you can by weaving in
cords, or if very bad, replace with piece of can
vas securely tackled on; put on a generous layer
of cotton batting or curled hair, and cover with
piece of any kind of upholstery goods, an en-
broidered pattern, crazy patchwork, or a large
'log-cabin" block. Finish the edge with furni-
ture gimp, and fringe if desired. The back may
be finished with similar panel.
To polish your piano, saturate a piece of
chamois skin in sweet oil and apply faithfully to
every part. Then with a dry skin rub WELL re-
newing the pieces as they become creased with
the oil. It will require one hour, or even longer,
OF constant rubbing to give it the gloss desired.
For your walnut furniture take three parts OF
linseed oil to one part of spirits of turpentins.
Put with a woolen CLOTH and when dry rub
with wooden. The polish not only covers the
disfgured surface. but restores the wood to its
original color and leaves luster upon the sur
face. Crude petroleum is very good for cleaning
any kind of hard wood and it is the cheapest
furniture polish possible.
The following is Spanish recipe for prepar-
ing salt FISH: Boil in plenty of water piece of
salt fish that has been In soak for at least
twenty four hours. When sufficiently boiled to
allow of it, pick out all the flesh in small fakes,
and put it by. Slice very finely couple of
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color; add tomato sauce dash of pepper, and
the Goldfish. Let the whole simmer a very
slow fire for couple of hours, shaking the
saucepan occasionally.
Out of discarded carpet of large size enough
that is bright ard clean can often be got to make
square or rug for the center of the room; then
the floor around can be stained with walnut or
cherry stain. This fashion of rug and stained
floor is in every way desirable in summer time
1t gives a cool. refreshing, artistic appearance to
the room. 1t does away with the dust constant
lv arising from an all over CARPET. for the rug
be taken out of the house and beaten clean
whenever necessary. Unfortunately some
floors are too rough and poor to be stained. In
that case take the good parts of the old carpet
to cover around the sides Of the floor, and buy
for the center of the room one of the squares"
that come for that purpose.
An old housekeeper says: zone can keep but
ter sweet long time. even in a hot room where
it is half-melted, by keeping it covered with
brine. made by putting into boiling water all the
salt it will take mp. Then let it cool and pour
1t over the butter. Meat may be preserved in
the same way. To be sure it will become rather
salt, but When you wish to use it, take it out of
the brine the night before and lay it across two
spoons or sticks to lift it somewhat from the
bottom of the dish in which you wish to soak it
and cover it with fresh water. The salt will
then settle out OF the meat and it will freshen
nicely. You throw meat or fish into the bottom
Of a vessel and cover it with water and it will
freshen very little, for the salt does not fall OUT
but only TO this lower side. Few persons seem
to understand this"
Catherine Owen: Brown -four is simply -four
put on baking pan in the oven, and once in
while stirred till it is all of fawn color. or per-
haps the color of Swedes gloves, to use dry
goods term. will convey the idea better. / am
thus particular because the term brown -four
misleads many, and they think it has to get
real brown, when il would be burnt If the
flour catches" in the oven round the edges of
the pan be careful not to mix that part up with
the other, but remove it before stirring; when
this pale. fawn-coorsd flour is wetit will be dark
enough, and every dark brown speck will show
black. This may be kept in wide-mouthed bot
tie tin box. and is used for thickening gravies
Remember. il takes one-third more of brown
flour TO thicken than it would of white
Rhubarb jelly is very troublesome to make, as
it taks lot of boiling before it jellies. Take
the rhubarb stalks. green and pink as posi-
BILE, wash aud wipe, but do not pare them; cut